Barry Maloney, 41
Artist/Philosopher
Dedham, Massachusetts

Web: BarryMaloney.com

Can you remember your clear child mind?
Did you remember to refresh you eyes today? or
Did you come here to brag about
the fee the slavetrader requested, to sell you in your yoke...?
Are you lost in a fruit-filled field,
in a panic to find the road back to the Machine?
Would you sell your vagabond knapsack for a diamond ring?
Would you prefer the company of courtiers
to kissing your cats’ smooth white fur?
Awake ~ Stretch ~ Remember, your bright child’s mind!
The smell of rain is better than, endless appetite of needless desires.

The Smell of Rain, by Barry Maloney 2001